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Modes and Modality in Performance Testing

DZone

When reporting summary statistics for performance test results, there's a common assumption that the data follows a central tendency. This article explores why it's crucial to check for modality of performance test results, how to detect multimodal distributions, and how to handle them. But is this always true?

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Performance Testing Using Iter8

DZone

There are umpteen performance testing tools available in the commercial market as well as in the open-source repositories. Recently, Go-based performance testing tools are exploding in the open-source world. Based on our requirements, we can choose the best tool from the arsenal.

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Salesforce Performance Testing: A Comprehensive Guide

DZone

One of the most important aspects of optimizing Salesforce is performance testing. Performance testing is the process of testing a software application under load to identify any performance bottlenecks or issues.

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Performance Testing at MongoDB

Alex Podelko

MongoDB has the most advanced continuous performance testing I know about. MongoDB shared a lot of information on how we do performance testing and even open sourced some parts of it. Continuous performance testing is built on the top of Evergreen. If I missed something interesting, please let me know.]

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Interviewing and Hiring Software Performance Test Professionals - Book Review

DZone

A few weeks ago, I reviewed The Hitchhiking Guide To Load Testing Projects: A Fun, Step-by-Step Walk-Through Guide by Leandro Melendez. It is good to see more books on the performance testing/engineering genre recently. One of my favorite books is The Art of Application Performance Testing series by Ian Molyneaux.

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Evolving From Performance Testing to Modern Engineering

DZone

Performance testing stands as one of the most crucial aspects of ensuring seamless functioning of applications. As organizations strive for innovation and rapid releases, the significance of evaluating software performance throughout its lifecycle becomes increasingly paramount.

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Removing the Roadblock to Continuous Performance Testing

DZone

Continuous performance testing makes total sense. You can’t afford to have a new feature, update, or bug fix brings you two steps forward and three steps back. The new functionality must work flawlessly — and it can’t disrupt the pre-existing functionality that users have come to rely on.